Monday, December 20, 2010
So, you may have noticed that I haven't posted anything for a very long time. There were some comments made by a person who shall remain unnamed which went something like "your silly stories on your little blog." Regardless of the intent, the result was me swearing off my blog for a while. But, my kids do such funny things, and it's hard to get them all in my updates on my shutterfly site. And hopefully I am starting to feel well enough to get some of my life back...
"How do you spell water?"
"W-a-t-e-r."
"I want some w-a-t-e-r please."
We've been doing reading lessons with Duke the last few weeks and he is really into spelling.
The kids started sharing a room last night. It didn't go as badly as it could have. Lilly cried (she was the one who got displaced, so that was understandable) and Duke tried to comfort her. "It's OK Lilly, lie down and go to sleep. Can you cover yourself up? Do you have your binky? Mommy will be back at wake up time." This went on for about 15 minutes (it seemed much longer) as we stood by the door to make sure he didn't try to climb into her crib. She stopped crying and then started laughing, talking, etc. If Duke was quiet for even a moment, she'd call out, "Duke! Duke! (which sounds like Doo, Doo) Hi! Hi!" until he answered.
One of the last things I heard him say before he fell asleep was, "Yes, that's my name Lilly. Can you say your name? Lilly. My name is Darrell, but my also name is Duke." My poor kids, all with also-names!
I didn't know how early they'd wake each other up this morning, and I was sure it'd be Duke waking her since he's my early bird. But she got up before him, was jabbering away and calling his name again until he woke up. "Can you see me Lilly? I'm here. Are you OK?" "Yeah." And so on until 7 am, again with us hovering outside the door to keep people in their respective places.
Nap time was a different challenge. Since Duke doesn't nap anymore and has a (not-so) quiet time, we explained over and over again the importance of being quiet so Lilly could sleep. Needing a nap myself, I left poor D to cover for me. He said they were making a lot of noise for a while, and then after it was quiet for a bit he heard "open your eyes Lilly, open your eyes" and by the time he got back to their room, he was poking her in the forehead through the slats of her crib. D decided that Duke had enough quiet time for one day.
Duke wanted to play hide and seek with Lilly. It was her turn to hide first. We told her to hide and she dropped right where she was and buried her head under her hands.
My crazy hunch was correct. This baby is a boy. And if I hadn't had a hunch, apparently I should have known by my out-of-control weight gain. I've gained twice as much with this baby as I had with Lilly at this time. Yikes. And Christmas hasn't even come yet when I gorge myself with lots of delicious, calorie-laden foods for days at a time! We know the Lord has not blessed me with willpower, so we will pray that my metabolism holds on for another year or so at least. And the weather is not particularly cooperative for this Florida girl to go walking in the morning. I am not getting out of bed if it's 32 degrees. Period.
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